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Here are OPS Leaders over varying plate appearance window sizes.

The first line in the chart shows us that during at some point during a game on July 10, 2055, Beau Mo (love these rhyming names) had a perfect OPS over his 10 prior plate appearances. Included are the stats indicating he had 4 HR's, and 6 BB (walks and hit by pitch), as well as the team he played for (Portland).

Looking at Beau Mo's numbers indicates either the shortcoming of OPS as a stat or my shortcomings for calculating OPS. A different player had a similar stat line to Beau, with one more double and one less walk. Obviously a little more impressive, but due to the nature of the stat, this player had an OPS of 4.16.

Discovered some cool things with this. Ian Shrader (50) made this list without a high number of walks relative to plate appearances. Kevin Mitchell is on here for two different windows without overlap (100 & 150).

Coolest of all: two distinct players are on this list Donovan Newton, and Andrew Willingham, played for the same team! In fact, there is an overlap between their windows. As Newton was reaching the peak of his OPS window, Willingham began his 2000 and 4000 windows. The duo combined for five MVP's during there 8 years as starters on Denver.

I won't say their tenure was squandered by Denver's management, but I have the feeling they could have won more than one championship. Still, they reached the pinnacle of the American Baseball League in 2126.

In 2130, a 31-year-old Willingham lost the season to a torn ACL five games deep into the campaign. A 34-year-old Newton had regressed to the point that he could no longer be counted on in the starting lineup, starting only 3 games.

The duo disbanded that following offseason when Newton announced his retirement. Willingham, on the other hand, entered free agency and joined Miami, where he enjoyed success in his post-Denver career.

The final table shows Denver's starters from 2119-2129.